Bahrains national carrier Gulf Air has earned the ISO certification for its information security management system
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Audi plans to double Middle East sales by 2020
German luxury car maker Audi plans to double its Middle East sales to at least 20,000 vehicles a year by 2020, helped by investment in showrooms and service centres
Qatar Airways grounds Boeing Dreamliner fleet
![Qatar Airways, witnessing a civil aviation boom in the Gulf, ordered for up to 60 of the aircraft, Reuters reported. (Lars Ploughmann/Wikimedia Commons)](/images/qatar.jpg)
Qatar Airways, witnessing a civil aviation boom in the Gulf, ordered for up to 60 of the aircraft, Reuters reported. (Lars Ploughmann/Wikimedia Commons)
Qatar Airways, the largest customer for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in the Middle East, has grounded its entire fleet of five 787s until the safety of the plane is confirmed
Airbus to expand Saudi Arabian operation
![By 2014, Saudi Arabian Airlines will be flying 62 aircraft. (Image source: Ariel da Silva Parreira/sxc.hu)](/images/aircraft.jpg)
By 2014, Saudi Arabian Airlines will be flying 62 aircraft. (Image source: Ariel da Silva Parreira/sxc.hu)
Airbus has announced it will increase its operations in the Middle East by opening a new base in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Fluor brought onboard Saudi Arabia?s rail project for US$72 million
![Fluor will provide management consultancy for Saudi Arabia?s railway project. (Image source: wikimedia)](/images/stories/Railway-Riyadh.jpg)
Fluor will provide management consultancy for Saudi Arabia?s railway project. (Image source: wikimedia)
Saudi Arabia?s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has signed a US$72mn contract with Fluor to provide management consultancy for a railway project that will link Riyadh with Jeddah